Trainings for apprenticeship programs

Trainings are available for apprenticeship programs and administrators to help you manage your Oregon program.

Upcoming Trainings

Program Operations for New Programs/New Administrators: Next training is Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 11AM (click here to sign up)

This training is offered quarterly. All newly registered committees and new program administrators are required to take this training, which is designed to help new programs and those new to administering registered apprenticeship programs understand the regulatory requirements that govern the Oregon apprenticeship training system.

This training will provide:

Guidance on the requirements for all registered apprenticeship programs in the State of Oregon
The fundamentals of the registration, movement, and completion of apprentices in the apprenticeship system
Best practices in apprentice, training agent, and committee management

Oregon Apprenticeship Tracking System (OATS): Next training is Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11AM (click here to sign up)

(Please note: this training is for program administrators only. It is not for training agents or apprentices.)

The Oregon Apprenticeship Tracking System, or OATS, is a web application required to be used by registered apprenticeship programs to document all actions and activities throughout the life-cycles of apprentices, training agents, and committee members. OATS allows administrators and coordinators to have quick access to information about the status of apprentices and training agents as well as an overview of the demographics of their program(s).

Participants in this training will:

Understand how the OATS program assists apprenticeship staff with the administration of their program
Learn how to navigate the web-based OATS application
Electronically manage apprentices, training agents, and committee members using OATS

NEW!

OATS Office Hours: Next session is Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 12PM (click here to access the link for the June sessions)

(Please note: these sessions are for program administrators only. They are not for training agents or apprentices.)

OATS can be tricky to navigate, especially when some actions take two separate sets of Minutes to complete. If you've ever wondered if there was a more regular avenue to ask OATS-related questions in a town-hall format, wonder no more! Beginning on Tuesday, May 13th, Phillip Karagas, OATS Coordinator, will be hosting the first of many weekly OATS Office Hours sessions.

Participants in these sessions will:

Be able to ask the OATS Coordinator more detailed, program-specific questions than in the quarterly OATS classes
Receive one-on-one assistance in areas like Apprentice registration, Meeting Minutes submissions and Committee Member status changes
View an assortment of presentations on a wide variety of OATS topics in order to supplement the weekly discussions

Please contact ATD.Email@boli.oregon.gov for more information.